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simultaneous deaths

simultaneous deaths is the plural of simultaneous death.

Meaning of simultaneous death

Noun

simultaneous death (plural simultaneous deaths)

  1. In the law of wills, the death of two persons, each of whom would inherit the estate of the other if deemed to have survived the other, where such deaths occur within a time period set by statute (typically 120 hours), because of which the law treats each person as if they had died before the other in determining the distribution of estates.

Questions about simultaneous deaths

What is simultaneous deaths the plural of?
Simultaneous deaths is the plural of simultaneous death.

Words near simultaneous deaths in the dictionary

  1. simultaneities
  2. simultaneitive
  3. simultaneity
  4. simultaneous
  5. simultaneous death
  6. simultaneous deaths
  7. simultaneous equations
  8. simultaneous interpretation
  9. simultaneous interpreting
  10. simultaneously
  11. simultaneousness

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